Sainz interrupted Alonso: "This is almost unacceptable"

Ferrari took too long to warn Carlos Sainz that there was an oncoming car with a quick lap just behind. They should have done this before starting the second sector, the most tricky. There, with the smallest tracks and very close walls, having a car can ruin valuable qualifying time. Carlos received the warning that he was in the bent sector and parked the brake to try to get away from one of the curves. I passed by there Fernando Alonso, who when passing curve 16, looked in the mirror regretting what had happened. Carlos Sainz, inadvertently, hurt him. And shortly after, he crossed the finish line in just 32 thousandths from the Q3 cut-off time. He could have fought to improve his Top-10 spot after being 5th in FP2 and fourth in FP3. But he has to settle for the 11th starting this Sunday.

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For all this, Fernando Alonso, despite being Carlos Sainz (without mentioning his compatriot), complained about the action in the ‘DAZN F1’ statements. “It’s embarrassing, but well, in that last lap… we couldn’t do the lap. A Ferrari (he didn’t quote Sainz) was in the middle of the entire second sector, so we lost by four tenths. I improved six tenths on my previous lap, and I came out on turn 16 with a tenth improvement. So that’s four tenths or a half seconds lost in traffic. This is almost unacceptable. “.

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“It is difficult to overtake and we will see. I think there will be safety vehicles and there will definitely be opportunities. We left on the 11th, on the clean side, and well, We’ll see how many penalty positions they put on Ferrari, but I think we’ll start with the 11th. And from there, let’s see what can be done, “said the man from Oviedo, who later learned that Sainz would not be punished for such action. Race Direction decided to record the incident but did not investigate it.